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BALTOPS 16 will be the largest NATO maritime exercise in the Baltic Sea in recent years. The exercise is also held mere weeks before NATO's July 8-9 summit in Warsaw, and…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB211476
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The Zapad-2017 exercises, held in Belarus and north-western Russia, ended without incident on September 20. They underlined Moscow's capacity to wage conventional war in Europe…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB224690
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In reality, the two armies remain separate because of Lukashenka's past opposition to hosting Russian troops permanently, though, as he noted, they are poised to collaborate in…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB264501
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Zapad-2017 has attracted unprecedented attention in the West, as media reports claim it will be the largest-ever Russian exercise and may be a precursor to stationing troops…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB224408
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Russia's westernmost outpost has gained in strategic importance since relations with NATO plummeted in 2014. Efforts to enhance military capability have accelerated since spring…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB222323
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The Baltic Sea and its airspace brings NATO and Russian forces into direct contact, and frictions have increased since 2014, with a series of dangerously close encounters between…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB211142
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The United States has stationed 600 paratroopers in the Baltic countries and will defend their airspace for the duration of the Zapad-2017 exercise in a bid to reassure NATO…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB224441
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Planned NATO deployments in the Baltic states.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB213805
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She implied that the role should go to someone from Central-Eastern Europe (CEE). Von der Leyen’s message emphasises how far the balance in decision-making on European security…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285866
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Russia's conflict in Ukraine along with an overall deterioration in the Western-Russian relationship has forced the United States to rethink its post-Cold War defence strategy for…